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Touring Essentials Blog: Can't you read the signs?
"Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?" So went the chorus of the song Signs by Five Man Electrical Band in 1970. One...
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Trevitt's blog: In the Draft
Thanks to the popularity of NASCAR, most people are familiar with drafting and how it works. Obviously it plays a big part in stock car racing, but it's also important in motorcycle racing - especially...
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Touring Essentials blog: Riding in the rain, part 2
In a recent Touring Essentials blog we looked at some pointers for being able to enjoy riding in the rain. One point was to ensure you have a good rain suit to wear over your gear or rain liners to put...
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Trevitt's Blog: Rossi vs. Lorenzo For The Title
With just a handful of rounds remaining in this year's MotoGP World Championship, it's almost certain that the championship will go to either Valentino Rossi or Jorge Lorenzo. The two Movistar Yamaha...
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Supermoto trends from the 2015 season
This is the time of year supermoto clubs in Canada bid farewell to 2015 and start planning for 2016. We reflect on some of the best times of the season and those standout moments. Supermoto is about...
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Dan Kruger's blog: Recovering from a major crash - what most people don't...
By now, most people know I had a serious accident at the Suzuka 8-Hour World Endurance Event in Japan back in July. I high-sided my Superbike coming onto the front straightaway, which was targeted to...
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Trevitt's Blog: The Ideal Line
Watch any road race practice session and you will see riders trying different lines almost every lap, as they search for the quickest way around the track. By race time the experimentation is done and...
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Dan Kruger's blog: Recovering from a major crash - what most people don't...
The long road to recovery: endless doctor appointments, scans, tests, and readjusting life to allow for as much recovery as quickly as possible. With a head injury, the recovery time varies and it is...
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Uncle Colin's blog: Ready for Valencia? Rossi vs Lorenzo for all the marbles
Four days from now, we should know who has won the 2015 MotoGP World Championship. I say “should" since protests and ongoing legal wrangling might delay the official results. This type of behavior is...
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Touring Essentials Blog: Car tires on a street bike? The dark side beckons...
Every rider knows they should not leave home without some duct tape. Like The Force in the Star Wars galaxy, duct tape has a light side and a dark side and appears to hold our universe together. For a...
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Trevitt's Blog: Identifying (and quantifying) smooth riding
We know that riding smoothly is one aspect of quicker lap times at the track and being safe on the street: Gentle, precise throttle inputs, fluid body movements and steady lean angles mid-turn are just...
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Touring Essentials Blog: Winter Reading
What’s on your bookshelf? It's cold and miserable outside. Your bike has been parked for two months already, and many more months will go by before you are riding again. How do you pass the time? Pick...
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Trevitt's Blog: Motobot - Can it Beat Valentino Rossi?
At the Tokyo Motor Show last year, Yamaha introduced its Motobot, a humanoid robot that rides a YZF-R1. Video was released showing the Motobot riding in an open area, mostly going in a straight line,...
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Dan Kruger's International Race Blog - Endurance Racing: Giving Up is Not an...
When it comes to endurance racing, you never know what you will have to deal with until the checkered flag is out. I have seen pretty much everything, and what I haven’t seen for myself I have heard...
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Supermoto blog: Looking at what's on tap for 2016!
The Rocky Mountain Motards are in their second season at North Star Raceway, the new kart track in Strathmore, Alberta. President Jim states that they are very excited to have Zero Motorcycles as a new...
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Trevitt's blog: Ducati's MotoGP wings
Over the past several seasons of MotoGP, Ducati has occasionally experimented with wings on the side of the Desmosedici to influence its aerodynamic characteristics. Yamaha also used wings in the...
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Touring Essentials blog: Winter Becomes Spring
I started butchering some Sinatra the other day. If you've ever heard me sing you'll know it was a good thing I was outside in the driveway, alone. "And now, the end of winter is near, And so I face...
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Trevitt's Blog: Anti-Squat in Theory and Practice
In previous blogs, and in the print version of the magazine, I have discussed anti-squat and how it relates to chassis setup. Anti-squat is a very important tool in making a motorcycle lap quickly at...
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BLOG: From the Street to the Track with Patrick Lambie: An introduction
I guess the best way to start this blog is with a simple “Welcome to my latest adventure.” After what feels like a lifetime of riding on the streets, in 2016 I am heading to the racetrack in search of...
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Trevitt's Blog: Backing it in
We see all the time now road racers "backing it in" to corners, sometimes with the rear end of the motorcycle out of line with the front just as much as dirt track or supermoto racers. Using engine...
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